San Jose, Calif. - Networking giant Cisco (NASD: CSCO) announced on Tuesday its acquisition of Denmark-based DiviTech, a maker of equipment used by media broadcasters, cable and IPTV service providers to manage and deliver digital video programming.

Seattle - GridNetworks, a developer of peer-to-peer video distribution software, announced on Monday that it has raised $9.5 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Panorama Capital.

American Fork, Utah - Move Networks, a provider of HD online TV services, announced on Monday that it has landed a $46 million third round of financing, led by Benchmark Capital.

Seattle - GridNetworks, a provider of managed Internet TV delivery services, said on Tuesday that it has received an investment from Cisco Systems (NASD: CSCO) that will round out its first round of financing, led by Panorama Capital and announced in October, at $9.5 million.

New York - BlackArrow, a provider of multiplatform ad management for viewer-controlled video, has raised $12 million in its second round of venture capital financing.

New York - Viacom's mtvU college network and partner Cisco on Wednesday launched five online applications developed by college students as part of their Digital Incubator program, which provides up to $250,000 in grants each year to students' interactive projects. The winning projects include RapHappy (NYU), a mobile phone-based hip-hop community; Osiris (Brown), which creates music videos using lyrics and images pulled from Flickr; Casablanca (NYU), a mobile party game; Selectricity (M.I.T.), an online communal ranking technology; and How Do I Say This? (UCLA), a Web-based advice wiki.

Calabasas, Calif. - Emergent Game Technologies, a provider of video game development technologies, has raised $12 million in its fourth round of funding, co-led by Jerusalem Venture Partners and Worldview Technology Partners.

Petach Tikva, Israel - Oversi, a developer of peer-to-peer caching and content delivery technologies, announced that it has received an investment from Cisco as part of an extended $8 million second round of funding.

New York - Viacom's mtvU campus network and partner Cisco Systems on Monday announced the five student group recipients of $30,000 grants in their "Digital Incubator" program, aimed at "pioneering the next generation of digital applications and content." The projects include elements of social networking, mobile games, online interactivity, affinity-based websites and short-form broadband programming. Now in its second year, the program this year will encourage grant recipients to submit a detailed business plan and pitch MTV and Cisco executives for a supplemental grant of up to $100,000.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Avega Systems, a developer of networked home entertainment technology platforms, said on Tuesday that it has raised $7 million in its second round of funding, receiving investments from Cisco Systems, JAFCO Asia and Technology Venture Partners.

San Jose, Calif. - Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems on Monday announced its acquisition of select assets of Utah Street Networks, parent company of social networking site Tribe.net.

San Jose, Calif. - Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems and Apple announced late Wednesday that they have resolved their dispute over the "iPhone" trademark, with both companies free to use the trademark on their products worldwide.

San Jose, Calif. - Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems has agreed to give Apple more time to respond to a lawsuit it filed last month, after Apple announced its iPhone product that bears a name for which Cisco owns the trademark.

San Jose, Calif. - Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems on Friday announced its first foray into the social networking space, with its acquisition of Five Across, a developer of technology that lets companies augment their websites to add social networking and user-generated content functionality.